Powers/Abilities: All named Dark Gods displayed different
abilities. The average unnamed Dark God presumably has enhanced strength and
durability to an unknown degree. They wielded weapons and armor and had strength
in numbers.

Traits: All named Dark Gods displayed different traits.
The average Dark God soldiers seen had a humanoid, but semi-reptilian
appearance, with four or five fingers on each hand with opposable thumb. Instead
of a nose they had two nostrils in the middle of their face. The slave-driver
Dark Gods wore armor and helmets that made their features impossible to see,
however they were very large, and had four fingers on each hand with opposable
thumb. They also may have had orange hair, or that may have been an extension of
their helmets.

History: (Thor II#9 (fb))- A long time ago, Odin
sent out scouts to explore the universe. One scout named Lonkarr, happened upon
a city called Narcisson, which was like the evil twin of Asgard. While there he
was attacked by a woman named Tserron. They battled for hours until Lonkarr
killed her, upon which Perrikus arrived and told Lonkarr that he had killed his
wife. Lonkarr escaped and warned Odin of these horrible Dark Gods, and a war
ensued. The War went on for two weeks until the Dark Gods stood triumphant. The
ruler of the Dark Gods, Majeston Zelia, offered Odin a position as her consort,
and if he took it, she would spare his people. He refused, and Perrikus was
about to kill Odin, when a young Thor inspired his father to keep fighting and
threw him a broken spear. Odin triumphed, and defeated the Dark Gods. Odin
banished all of them, but kept Perrikus in a special cell in Asgard. He then
erased the memories of the war from everyone's mind but his since it was so
traumatic.

(Journey into Mystery I#513 (BTS))- Seeing an opportunity to gain
revenge on the Asgardians following their battle with Seth, the Dark Gods assaulted
Asgard and took many of the Asgardians captive.

(Thor II#1)- Thor arrived in Asgard to find it in ruins.
He freaked out and threw his hammer. After he left, Perrikus emerged
from the building he destroyed and shouted that he was free.

(Thor II#4)- Perrikus was seen talking to Adva, another
Dark God. When asked, he said that he couldn't find Thor, and Thor was probably
dead, or had left. Later Adva moved materials into Asgard through a portal,
while Perrikus addressed Majeston Zelia through a link. He promised her that
Asgard would be ready by tomorrow.

(Thor II#5)- Perrikus told Adva to open a portal to
Asgard so that Zelia could enter. Adva obeyed, and Zelia arriveds on Asgard and
screamed that Asgard was hers. Odin was seen chained to a giant machine.

(Thor II#6 (BTS))- Olympus was found destroyed, another instance
of the Dark Gods' handiwork.

(Thor II#7)- Majeston Zelia wanted Adva to bring Odin to
Asgard so he could see what she had done to it. Adva obeyed and brought Odin. Zelia
began to taunt Odin, and when he asked her if she thought she had won, she replied
that she had. She taunted him some more, and when he spat in her face, she
smacked him around. Odin promised they would feel his wrath. Perrikus told him
they had already won, and Zelia revealed that D'Chel the Deceptor had made it look
like the Asgardians had destroyed the Olympians, when indeed it was the Dark
Gods. They demonstrated D'Chel's power as he made Perrikus look like Odin. They
said they wanted Odin's complete defeat, and Perrikus hit Odin.

(Thor II#8, Peter Parker: Spider-Man II#2)- Zelia was bored
and wanted amusement and told Perrikus to amuse her. Perrikus wanted to kill
Odin, but Zelia had competition lined up for him. Tokkots, another Dark God then
asked to kill Odin. Zelia brought in Balder to fight with Perrikus. Tokkots wanted
to kill him also, but Zelia became annoyed and blasted him. Perrikus made quick
work of Balder and slashed him across the chest with his scythe. Tokkots wandered
off and found a vortex that Thor left when he tried to return to Asgard. Tokkots
went through it and arrived on Earth where he fought with Thor and Spider-Man.

(Thor II#9)- Perrikus was taunting Odin about how weak
they had made him, when Tokkots returned and tikd Perrikus that he had found
Thor, which made Perrikus happy since now he could kill him.

(Thor II#10)- Perrikus had Adva search for Thor.
When she could not detect him (see comments), Zelia suggested that Perrikus lay some
bait, and Thor would come. Perrikus then instructed Adva to cast an image of him
over New York City. Adva did so, and Perrikus called out Thor. He then took a
bloodied Sif, and held her by her cape and threatened to kill her if Thor didn't
come to fight. When Thor arrived, Adva informed Perrikus that he had come to
Asgard. Perrikus was really happy that finally he would have his revenge. Thor
came in and was greeted by Majeston Zelia, alongside Adva, D'Chel, and Tokkots.
Zelia introduced them and then said that Thor would die. She called for Perrikus,
who then began to fight Thor. They fought, and nobody had a clear advantage
until Perrikus cut Thor's hammer with his scythe, and then went on to beat the
living hell out of Thor. After 60 seconds away from his hammer, Thor turned into
Jake Olsen, his mortal guise. He was forced to escape into the sewer. While Zelia
took joy in his fleeing like a coward, Perrikus was enraged.

(Thor II#11)- Perrikus yelled for Thor. Zelia said that
he wasn't going to come out and Perrikus had to fetch him. After failing to lift
Thor's hammer, Perrikus blasted open the sewer, to see that Thor was gone. Thor,
as Jake Olsen, was crawling through the tunnels when he was discovered by some
slave-masters. They took him before Slototh, to approve of him to work. Slototh
was the incarnation of filth and muck and slime. The slave-masters beat up Jake
Olsen, until Slototh realized he was from Earth. They put him to work. Meanwhile
Zelia's infinite vision failed to find Thor, and Tokkots went out to look for
him. Back in the underground, Jake Olsen saw some slave-drivers beating on
Volstagg. Jake attacked one, who was revealed to be Tokkots in disguise. Tokkots
brought Jake before Perrikus. Perrikus was mad that Thor was in a weak mortal
guise. He beat up Jake, until Jake managed to get his hammer and transformed back
into Thor. Thor teleported out, and again, Zelia was happy to see him cower, while
Perrikus was enraged.

(Thor II#12)- The Dark Gods were telling Perrikus that he
should have killed Thor. Then Adva told them that Thor had just arrived with the
Destroyer and Hercules to back him up. The heroes were immediately attacked from
all sides by thousands of Dark Gods. Thor and Perrikus fought, while the
Destroyer and Hercules fought the countless others. The fight went on until Zelia
attacked with a huge energy blast that cut through Asgard's crust. Thor went
underground and transformed into Olsen, while Hercules and the Destroyer continued to
fight. Hercules and tje Destroyer slowly had the tide of battle turn against them,
since the Dark Gods outnumbered them so much.

Meanwhile Jake Olsen spotted The Warriors Three being held
captive by slave-master Dark Gods. Jake knocked out one of the Slave-masters with
a needle full of sodium pentothal. The Warriors Three battled the slave-masters
while Jake summoned Replicus via a laptop. Back at the surface, Tokkots was about
to kill Odin with a sword, but before he could, Replicus killed him, and freed
Odin, Sif, and Balder. Zelia shouted that Odin would never win. Hercules battled
Perrikus while the Destroyer took on all the countless soldiers. Thor and The
Warriors Three returned to the battle and the heroes slowly started winning. When
Zelia realized they were in jeopardy, she called Adva to her side, and merged all
of the soldiers, slave-masters, and other Dark Gods into one monster. The
monster did a lot of damage and seemed unstoppable, until Thor attacked Zelia and
Odin tackled her and took back the power that she stole from him. The Dark Gods
disappeared, spread throughout the solar winds, and Asgard was reclaimed.

(Thor II#42)- Lots of Dark Gods were seen waiting and
dreading the arrival of Desak, killer of gods.

(Thor II#43)- Desak massacred many of Dark Gods. He
fought Perrikus and beat him up badly and easily. Perrikus narrowly escaped
with Adva.

(Thor II#53)- Perrikus
and Adva appeared on the Rainbow Bridge, and Perrikus knocked out Heimdall and
started to shatter the bridge. Perrikus then confronted and attacked Thor, who now
wielded the Odin-power, since Odin died. Adva teleported Thor's hammer away, so he
grabbed the bloodaxe to fight. They fought back and forth until Thor cut off
Perrikus's arm with the Bloodaxe. He then threatened to kill him with his own
scythe if he and Adva didn't give him back his hammer and leave. But first
he demanded to know who sent them. Perrikus said that he was under instructions
from Zarrko the Tomorrow Man.

Comments: Created by Dan Jurgens and John Romita Jr.

I love the villain that is the dark reflection of his/her hero
counterpart, like the Abomination is for the Hulk, or Venom is for Spider-man.
That said, I love the Dark Gods, for not only are they a counterpart for Thor,
but for all of Asgard as well. However, I don't understand why the Dark Gods
speak normal English as opposed to the type the Asgardians and Olympians speak.

Adva was unable to detect Thor because do to an arrangement
with Marnot, who was actually a raven of Odin, Thor had to live out the rest of
Jake Olsen's life. Jake Olsen was a man who died during Thor's battle with
The Destroyer. To accomplish this, Jake and Thor were sort of molecularly
bonded, like Rick Jones is with Captain Marvel. Thor could switch back and forth
from himself to Jake Olsen. While we all thought it was because of
responsibility was the reason that Marnot made Thor live out Jake's life, it was
actually to prevent detection by the Dark Gods, since when searching, they would
find Jake Olsen, but could not find Thor.

I don't think it is ever clearly stated which gender Adva is,
but I refer to her as a female, since she does have a feminine appearance in my
view. My personal opinion is that she might be a robot.

"Master of the Continuum Gate," Adva is a loyal
servant of Perrikus and Majeston Zelia. Whenever the Dark Gods needed
transportation, or information, they went to her/him/it. Adva aided the Dark
Gods on several occasions, including transporting materials to Asgard, casting
Perrikus's image over New York City, searching for Thor, helping Zelia form the
Union, and more.

Adva is the Master of the Continuum Gate, and has incredible
teleportation powers and is able to see everywhere virtually at once

D'Chel was present alongside Majeston Zelia and was responsible
for tricking the Olympians into believing that it was the Asgardians that had
destroyed Olympus. Other than that, he had very little role in the story. His
current whereabouts are unknown.

D'Chel possessed phenomenal illusion-casting powers, able to
trick even God-heads like Odin or Zeus. He had a shadowy appearance, and never
saw any combat.

The home of the Dark Gods was the city of
Narcisson. It was
discovered by a scout of Odin named Lonkarr, and following Lonkarr's return to
Odin, the first war ensued between the Dark Gods and Asgardians. It is like a
dark, evil version of Asgard, in appearance, in morals, and inhabitants.
Narcisson's current condition, or if any Dark Gods live there now, is unknown.

Slototh was the incarnation of muck, slime, excrement, filth,
sludge, and all that is discarded. He was underneath Asgard during its time
under the heel of the Dark Gods. He was in charge of the slaves who toiled
there. Any new worker had to be brought before him before he could work. Jake
Olsen (Thor) was brought before him to be cleared to work. He realized that Jake
was from Earth.

His abilities are mostly undocumented. He appeared to be almost
growing out of the filth around him. He could extend his tentacle like
extensions and ensnarl someone. He also may have had a degree of super strength
proportionate to his immense size.

Tokkots was a large winged Dark God, who always spoke in rhyme. I've
never understood why some characters only capable of speaking in rhyme. He
went to Earth and battled Thor and Spider-man, and brought back the information
Thor was alive. He subdued Jake Olsen and brought him before Perrikus. He was
killed by Replicus moments before he could slay Odin.

Tokkots was always very bloodthirsty, always wanting to kill
anyone he could. He was also quite tall, with exceptional strength and
durability. He could rot things with his touch, and make copies of himself,
which apparently all shared one mind. His wings allowed him the power of flight
as well.

Tserron was the wife of Perrikus. She was encountered on
Lonkarr's scout mission, when he was sent by Odin to explore. He battled her,
and eventually slew her with his sword. Lonkarr's discovery, and subsequent
return to tell Odin of it, led to the first war between the Dark Gods and
Asgardians.

Tserron displayed the ability of shooting energy blasts,
teleportation, and an undefined degree of super strength.